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When you see an add on armslist with a bunch of .mil gear for sale or trade,
does it raise a brow that its an active duty member selling their gear for hookers and blow money?
I know some on here deal with a lot of mil gear, thats not who Im talkin g about,
there is an add right now for "A Lot of Stuff" for a 9mm and this is what got me thinking this.
Yea, I see mil gear on eBay and Craigslist all the time and wonder what the motivating factor was behind it. Technically, I believe it's still illegal to actually sell mil gear. That being said, I'm glad people do because I buy a lot of MRE's off the gray market :).
I don't see "a bunch of .mil gear."
I see a big-Army standard issue Kevlar plate carrier that doesn't have plates in it and a bunch of civie gear. I've never looked because I fvcking hate IBAs and would never spend money on one, but I'm sure they can be found legitimately on the civilian market.
They probably sell it because so much shit if forced onto them that they have 8-9 tuff boxes full of the same thing, maybe in different colors, or maybe because tax dollars get wasted on some of the stupidest crap.
No one wants that around accumulating. When I got out the first time I had three ACHs and two vests that were issued to me that were just "there".
MOST everything can be found on the civilian market but lot numbers usually give away whats supposed to be where. That applys to ACHs, Vests, armor, etc. etc.
It is illegal but very hard to prove.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger
I thought it was pretty easy for them. Like CID and OSI had full offices monitoring places like Craigslist, Ebay, huge forums like AR15, so on and so forth.
You have idea how much extra shit people end up with that is non returnable or picked out of the trash.
Hooker and blow money=cheap
Dude with extra shit= expensive
I had a Knights rail kit new in package shipped from FT. Carson I bought from Gun Broker. I always assumed when you have NIB from the Springs that someone is supplementing their income.
Every now and then, an ad like that sets the spidey sense off but usually I just take it to be some guy who just separated and is selling stuff he'll never use again.
Now if the guy is selling 13 sets of armor and half a dozen sets of night vision goggles, I'm calling the authorities... after I buy a set myself anyways. :D